Job overview

We are looking to recruit a passionate and dynamic HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist (0.9 wte) to join our West Sussex children and young people's Neurodevelopmental Pathway. The post is based at New Park House, Horsham but covers West Sussex, including Chichester and Worthing.  The CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Pathway is a CAMHS specialist service that offers diagnostic assessments for autistic spectrum condition for young people aged 11 years+ and ADHD for young people aged 6 years up to 18 years.  We are a strengths based service and take an evidenced-based and neurodivergent positive approach to the work we do. 

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist with previous knowledge and experience of providing specialist neurodevelopmental assessments and working with complex needs.

The successful candidate will be joining a specialist multi-disciplinary team and will work closely with the clinical service manager. In addition to conducting neurodevelopmental and psychometric assessments you will also participate in consultation and training and provide clinical/professional supervision to assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists and other clinicians in the team. You will also participate in systematic clinical governance and contribute to audit, service development and quality improvement.

We offer and support hybrid and flexible working, we require staff to be on site for 60% of their working week.

Main duties of the job

·       To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service.

·       To be responsible for high quality assessments and managing assessment clinics. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload.

·       To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.

·       To clinically supervise assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists and junior psychologists, psychological therapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate.

·       To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage, assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists

·       To complete assessments of those referred to the service and outcome this in a timely manner in line with code of Conduct

·       To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision as appropriate.

·       To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.

·       To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services.

·       To utilise research skills to undertake service evaluation, audit and research as appropriate and disseminate the results in the service.

Working for our organisation

At SPFT we provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children. 

Working in Sussex:

·       Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns

·       Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London

·       With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

·       70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

·       79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

·       77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles